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It is a town of 1,311 residents in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.
Work and incomes lag (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 10.3% unemployment. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,795/m² takes 5.5 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: just over nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Dannes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Dannes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dannes with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Dannes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Dannes; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dannes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 119 residents of Dannes died, against 110 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Dannes is Centre hospitalier Duchenne de Boulogne Sur Mer, 9.3 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €12.71/m² a month, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and close to compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €10.37/m² a month. Dannes recorded 39 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,795/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €22,350 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 10.3%, lower than Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and near compared French towns (10.1%). 3.4% of Dannes’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. 8.7% of homes date from before 1919.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 12% of the town. Ages in Dannes split evenly at 44.2: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (20%) and lower than compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Dannes | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Dannes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Pemena · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Dannes.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dannes | 1,311 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Camiers | 2,582 | 1.3 | C− | D | A− | D |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 4,115 | 2.7 | C | D− | B+ | C |
| Étaples | 10,710 | 4.9 | C | C− | C | D |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | 4,224 | 4.9 | C+ | D− | D− | C+ |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont | 5,029 | 6 | C+ | C | A− | C− |
| Équihen-Plage | 2,619 | 6.4 | — | C− | — | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Dannes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Dannes grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Dannes is a commune of 1,311 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.